ore

1 of 4

noun (1)

often attributive
1
: a naturally occurring mineral containing a valuable constituent (such as metal) for which it is mined and worked
2
: a source from which valuable matter is extracted

ore

2 of 4

noun (2)

plural ore
a monetary subunit of the krona (Sweden) and krone see krona, krone at Money Table

Ore

3 of 4

abbreviation

variants or Oreg
Oregon

øre

4 of 4

noun (3)

plural øre
1
: a Danish monetary unit equal to ¹/₁₀₀ krone see krone at Money Table
also : a coin representing one Danish øre

Note: Denmark's Faeroe Islands and Greenland also use an øre.

2
: a Norwegian monetary unit equal to ¹/₁₀₀ krone see krone at Money Table
also : a coin representing one Norwegian øre

Examples of ore in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Still, the report found that even the small amount of e-waste that currently gets recycled avoided the mining of 2 trillion pounds of ore for virgin metal in 2022. Matt Simon, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024 Supported by a Stabilizing China Property Market 0000 GMT – A stabilizing Chinese property market would be supportive for steel ingredient iron ore, which is trading around $135 a metric ton, says UBS analyst Lachlan Shaw. WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023 To keep pits and mine shafts dry, and also to process ore, Barrick pulls huge volumes of water out of the ground. Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023 From the late 1940s to the 1980s, Kerr-McGee Corporation mined more than 7 million tons of uranium ore on or near the Navajo Nation. The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024 The downside is that any toxic materials in the original ore are going to be significantly more concentrated. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024 Today’s deposits are no longer the ore in the rock; the wealth is now found in the mine’s adventure experiences, where the Lady of the Mine sauna ritual is the latest of the deposits. Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2024 For example, Indonesia banned nickel ore exports in January 2020, encouraging foreign investment from China and elsewhere to flow into domestic smelters. Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 29 Dec. 2023 The process of ore refinement is referred to as SMELTing. Sam Corbin, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English or, oor, partly from Old English ōra ore; partly from Old English ār brass; akin to Old High German ēr bronze, Latin aes copper, bronze

Noun (2)

Swedish öre & Danish & Norwegian øre

Noun (3)

Danish & Norwegian, from Latin aureus a gold coin

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1884, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ore was before the 12th century

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Cite this Entry

“Ore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ore. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

ore

1 of 2 noun
ˈō(ə)r How to pronounce ore (audio)
ˈȯ(ə)r
: a mineral mined to obtain a substance that it contains
iron ore

ore

2 of 2 noun
ˈər-ə
plural ore
: a unit of value equal to ¹⁄₁₀₀ krona or ¹⁄₁₀₀ krone
Etymology

Noun

Swedish öre and Danish and Norwegian øre

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